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I think every extra star or less star will ruin the colorful picture. :>

For fun ;-P

	Military	Magic	Economy
Human	****	***	***
Elf	***	*****	**
Dwarf	****	*	*****
Halfling	*	***	****
Orc	****	***	**
Troll	*****	****	***

You couldn't get it more wrong if you tried. There is no race there that I'd agree with you on.

Human:

I think human is a lot more stable than you give it credit for with the 1 * at Reliability, at least 2 maybe even 3 *. I agree with you on the point-scoring though.

Elf:

I don't think elf is that weak at mil-eco, they have very good units oop and AMs rock also, they do take a big hit because you can't get mining sci until after magic but I still think they rank 2 stars.

Agreed on the reliability and point scoring.

Dwarf:

Pretty much spot on.

Halfer:

5 * seems a bit much for mil-eco but than it's been a while since I played them, but I'd say 4 * would be better.

1 star for reliability? Are they really that unstable? Agreed on the point scoring, they rock the hoh.

Orc and Troll look right to me.

5* isn't an understatement for Halfling either...I've produced more OP than any of our dwarves

Reliability also counts in early era weakness/time to get strong...for example elf is weak after about 2 days oop until very late with AMs (even then, the no mining has put them miles behind). Main factors here are market dependency and tree need

Well I can afford the upkeep on my armies better this era than last. Just judging across the 2 (halfling vs dwarf)

dwarfs have higher points scoring than , half-lings

by the name of Sun! you have no idea what you've just done!!

i got bored sn, i did that randomly. didnt think bout it much, jus put a few improvements in and then.....replied!

Halfling is better than Dwarf at points scoring. Usually when a good player takes Halfling they score really well. A Dwarf can only keep up if you just make Cavers and never make Hammers/Axemen, but that doesn't tend to happen :P.

Reliability is dependent on:

- needing to buy tree (market dependency)

- needing to sell goods (i.e. selling tree or food)

- dependencies on high science, early pressure means fragility (i.e. Elf needing high magic)

- dependencies on uniqueness of strategy (i.e. STG)

There's only 5 humans in the top 50 and  1 orc. 1 Star sounds about right.

so if a race has many point at Reliability....
...does that mean it is very dependent of the market, etc or does it mean that it isn't?
And dependency is bad, not? :S

I'm going to post this in a uterly hoopeless atempt to stop this ever lasting, multi-opinioned and therefor useless thread. All races have advantages and disadvantages, but it is impossible to put their levels down and standardiesed (sorry for makin up words) due to the fact that everyone has a different game style. Personally, although it is good to take advice, I think that the best way to see which one to choose is to give each of them a try and see whichone works best for you in particular. This post will probably cause debate for months to come and have several ppl insult me, but i really dont care due to the fact that I will never look at this topic again, this message was simply intended to help. And no offence is intended in this message, it was a good idea, but unfortunatly it just doesn't work.

Amazing ... and who might you be exactly?

I would have to say, Meowman sounds like ZeTa... and every truly smart person playing. it fits right in with my studies in humanoligy. 'Each man was created equal... each man was created different...'

that sums it up perfectly.

for those who are just too stupid:

We are all different, good at some things, bad at others. If you add us all together you get it all at a equal level, bad equals out really good, good equals out really bad.

Because hes a newb who thinks he is someone who he isnt

he is right. and if I was a *beep*, why have I played and almost survived a whole era in fantista, I fought Sir Senator Falko twice and lived to tell the tale once. thats a feat.

if I bragged, what would you say about yourself, all you old grumps who lived 10 eras in fantista? who cares, its just a game. You may be better at the game than me, but newb should not be used to discribe someone who tries. Newb is a twisted, cruel version of New Player, that means much worse (too many swears that equivielent to it...). Newb is more of a philosophy. You may call everyone a newb, just because they are different. If you multiplied my braging by 2, it still wouldint equal as much as one of the old coots, and in my opinion, anyone who relies on flaming is more of a newb than everyone else put together.

Samulis - ' I nearly survived a whole era on Fantasia '

Here little soldier, have a medal and a chocolate bar

Don't eat it too fast now!

Mr. Samulis Report 7/25/2008 10:16:59 AM

he is right. and if I was a *beep*, why have I played and almost survived a whole era in fantista, I fought Sir Senator Falko twice and lived to tell the tale once. thats a feat

by far the funniest post i've seen in awhile.

WHAT A FEAT!

Now, who is this falko character? r u referring to starfox? this is VU, a different game.

	Military	Magic	Economy
Human	****	***	***
Elf	***	*****	**
Dwarf	**	**	*****
Halfling	**	***	****
Orc	******	***	**
Troll	*****	****	****

mmm dwarfs can be uber mages, lots of gold means, lots of towers, without having to deal with high tree prizes, and runemasters look cool

Why dont you *beep* and read maine

	Military-Economic	Reliability	Points Scoring
Human	***	**	*
Elf	****	***	*
Dwarf	****	*****	****
Halfling	***	**	*****
Orc	***	***	**
Troll	****	***	***

Im proberly off a bit, but this is more accurate than the past charts due to the recent Static Price costings etc

nice 'trolling' there rev